tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41224755300270157062024-03-13T01:31:59.088-04:00Crunchy Green AdventuresThe musings of a simple Momma figuring out this life!Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-13178384243328934152018-03-07T12:21:00.000-05:002018-03-07T12:34:18.043-05:00BYE, BYE, MR, MALICIOUS! Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please check out Part one of my talks with Kanta :<a href="http://crunchygreenadventures.blogspot.com/2018/02/bye-bye-mr-malicious-review-and-author.html" target="_blank">Here</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maggie:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta, would you tell us more about your most recent book? I’m thinking in particular about the different aspects of the Mister Malicious phenomenon, because it’s more than a book about leaving a bad boyfriend or husband. I think it offers healing and empowerment to women across a wide range of ages, experiences, and life circumstances. The difficult relationship may be years in the past, and still the reader can gain new insight and renewal from reading it. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Thanks, Maggie. That was exactly my intention. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is partially described by its subtitle, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to Get Your Happy Back and be Done with Narcissists and Sociopaths</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It’s a nuanced book. Like perfume, which has top notes, heart notes, and base notes, it’s created to be effective on more than one level. First, it offers women who have had a difficult relationship a path to restoration of their peace, power, and happiness. So it helps them deal effectively with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Malicious, the Person</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, as well as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Malicious, the Archetype</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. That same sort of malicious type of person that may show up in your life as a hateful and demeaning relative, employer, neighbor, or frenemy. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When a person’s first encounter with this type of person happens early in life, she is likely to find it showing up in various forms until she heals </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Malicious, the Inner Bully. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even when there wasn’t abuse at home, we all have an inner judge and critic telling us bad stories about ourselves. And the various unpleasant encounters we have had throughout life in educational settings, work, dating, and marriage tend to build up that internal tyrant and overall buzzkill. Additionally, women have to deal with Mr. Malicious, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Culturally Enforced Misogyny</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from childhood on. So, part of my purpose in the book was to help support women in healing themselves at the heart level. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the moment, the evidence of this has come to the forefront and women and men of goodwill, honor, and integrity are working together to resist and overcome it. Each woman who says “no” to being controlled and “yes” to full-tilt life removes two bricks from the wall of toxic patriarchy. And each woman whose happiness overflows into social activism (in whatever form she is called to do it) removes many more bricks and encourages those in her life to do the same. Individual women leaving bad relationships and healing the residual scars learn to balance their empathy with courage and backbone. When we do this as a movement, we become a tsunami for positive change. Back to the perfume analogy, this cultural healing is like the base notes. It’s the part that’s the most lasting and has the most subliminal impact. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maggie:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You’re a very prolific writer. Mind/body/spirit books, coloring books, guided imagery downloads for adults and kids, poetry, and even professional training manuals for hypnotherapists. Is there a connecting link to your work?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I guess stylistically, the connection is sort of warmth in the written and spoken content as well as in the illustration and cover art. I write my mind/body books in a conversational style, like friends talking over coffee. I illustrated my earlier books with whimsical line drawings and at the request of some readers, created coloring books to complement </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abundance Triggers </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Welcome to the World! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I complimented</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my love poems series with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Love is Everywhere! Coloring Book</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bye, Bye Mr. Malicious! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is my first book with full color interior art, so that’s been a lot of fun to do. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d say, thematically, the connection between all my work is that love is always there, surrounding you, within you, and available to you in a myriad of ways when you are willing to receive it. This theme shows up in the guided imagery downloads as well. Good information and resourceful ideas are very helpful when we are relaxed and our imaginations are engaged. The training manuals are there to help hypnotists, hypnotherapists, and counselors tell resourceful stories. Again, it’s all about replacing bad stories with beneficial ones. </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maggie:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Would you share a bit about your writing journey? How did you find your voice? When did you start writing? </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I found it in pivotal moments that set me on trajectory. Reading </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Little Engine That Could</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> awakened in me that idea of telling myself encouraging messages like “I think I can… I can” and I found this profoundly helpful as a little kid. My high school music teacher who mentored me in finding the power of my literal voice. Meditation in Quaker meeting, where the inner voice overcame my shyness and moved me to speak. Getting to hear and see Dr. King, which activated a desire to use my voice and written words as a helping tool. Teaching meditation beginning as college student helped me practice putting my fears aside and letting the words come out, because I wanted to do the best I could and I knew I couldn’t do it from a place of self-consciousness. This was when writing on little scraps of paper began to turn into articles and later the articles turned into books. Looking back, I see how my natural inclinations to writing, art, and development of teachable self-management skills were supported by the people and circumstances in my life and I’m very grateful for that. </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maggie:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you, Kanta.</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> My pleasure. Thank you, Maggie. </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious! </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book Description: </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether it ended yesterday, or twenty years ago, and you’re still feeling the sting, this book will help you get your happy back after a relationship with a narcissist. With a more comprehensive red flags list than you’ll see anywhere else, it will help you recognize malicious men, so you can avoid them. A non-clinical mind/body/spirit approach, with colorful images and humor.</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link to the Book on Amazon:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="http://a.co/gJfyXH3" target="_blank">Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious!</a></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About the Author</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Kanta Bosniak is an author, artist, and interfaith minister with over 45 years’ experience as an educator in Spiritual Growth and Guided Meditation. She is the author/illustrator of numerous books and coloring books, and the author/narrator of several guided imagery downloads. Collectors of her art include a Nobel Prize Winner, a popular television actress, several authors, a U.S. National champion athlete and people of all walks of life. She is a frequent speaker on radio, at churches, universities, holistic education centers, and conferences throughout the US. She is an award-winning member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and listed in </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who’s Who in America</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who’s Who in the World. </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia. </span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kanta can be found online at the following links:</span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Web: </span><a href="http://kantabosniak.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #196ad4; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://KantaBosniak.com</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gifts and Home Décor on Redbubble: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><a href="http://https/www.redbubble.com/people/KantaBosniak/shop?asc=u" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #338fe9; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.redbubble.com/people/KantaBosniak/shop?asc=u</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art on Etsy:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><a href="http://https/www.etsy.com/shop/MinisterofArt" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #196ad4; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.etsy.com/shop/MinisterofArt</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 13pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c76a2; 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Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-10093292066901083822018-02-07T22:04:00.000-05:002018-02-07T23:09:48.401-05:00Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious! Review and Author Interview<br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">!</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">How to Get Your Happy </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Back</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and be Done with Narcissists and Sociopaths</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">written and illustrated by </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bosniak</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Book Description:</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> Whether it ended yesterday, or twenty years ago, and you’re still feeling the sting, this book will help you get your happy back after a relationship with a narcissist. With a more comprehensive red flags list than you’ll see anywhere else, it will help you recognize malicious men, so you can avoid them. </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">A non-clinical mind/body/spirit approach, with colorful images and humor.</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">My review:</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><i><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">This book is brilliant, empathetic and relatable! Once you read it you are "woke" and can identify, heal and say Bye </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bye</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> to your own Mr. Malicious.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">I seriously could not believe or be prepared for the emotional ride this book took me on! Never before have I so, felt like I was reading my own story until starting this book. </span></span></i><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><i>And I am 100% sure that everyone has had their own Malicious Mr or Ms in their own lives. These people slink into our lives most times like a wolf in sheep's clothing. Weaving a web that we erroneously believe in and submit to. Of course by the time we realize we are caught! We struggle to detach ourselves and if we do escape we bear battle scars on our hearts and sometimes our skin. However painful the situation was and the crosses it leaves us to carry we still have to and need to heal. Kanta helps facilitate this process and reminds us of ever so important truths! We are brave, we are strong, we can heal and we deserve to heal. </i></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span></span><br />
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I was excited to see this one come out, because I thought the subject matter was fantastic. By the time I was halfway through I was just wowed, because the way you presented the stories of the women you interviewed really shed light on the pattern these guys follow. I think it’s important for women to know they’re not alone</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">understand that it’s not th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">eir</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> fault they were fooled by these expert </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">manipulators, and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">have a gentle path for healing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and empowerment</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">You’ve done an awesome job, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. I recognized some familiar threads that weave through </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bye, Bye, Mr. Malicious!</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">that</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> I’ve </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">enjoyed</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> in your other </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">books. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Two that immediately sta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">n</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">d out are </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">compassion and humor. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">What could be more important for women who want to get their happy back, right? Misters Malicious take </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">themselves</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> so seriously</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. There’s a kind of instant surge of returning power that happens when you </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">begin to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">see the</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> falseness of the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">mystique they tr</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">y</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> so hard to build </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">and maintain. It’s funny and it’s sad at the same time, because these are men</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> who want love, but can neither give it nor receive it</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">It’s exhausting for the woman in such a relationship, because it triggers the desire to fix or heal, and that never happens. Once she gets that, she can detach and move forward. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Maggie:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">I like the process you set up. And I like that you give the reader lots of opportunities to rest, ground, and shift gears</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> as she moves</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> through the step-by-step process, and that each step follows in a kind of organic, intuitive, and yet logical flow. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">: </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Thanks, Maggie. Eleven years ago, I began to write a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">bout this process of</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> navigating change effectively. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">It wasn’t so much that I invented it as that I observed and articulated a natural process that happens if you face a challenge with self-love and trust that you’ll get through it. It was what I was already doing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, because it worked for me. And </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">it was </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">even what I had been suggesting as a spiritual coach. I just hadn’t, until that time, really mapped it out as a whole </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">soup-to-nuts </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">process. I wrote about it, naming it </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">The Becoming Process </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">and published a short, simple pocket guide. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">And as far as the “opportunities to shift gears and rest” you mentioned. Yes, that’s the key to any successful change, because you can’t just do the hard stuff all the time. That’s too exhausting. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Fun is not a luxury; it’s a necessity! Sure, to make change you’ve got to face it and move through it, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">but it works much better </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">when you</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> keep taking the time to shift your state by doing the things that bring you joy. Really, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">this is some of the most important work we can do in human life: learn to master</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> our instrument, the mind/body</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> by refocusing our thoughts</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">regrooving</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> our habitual feeling</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">-</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">state</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and finding the tools to reliably do this</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. I call th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">ese</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> positive anchors, or state-shifting tools “abundance triggers.”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">And because it’s so important for people to get proficient in self-awareness, self-soothing, and to build a toolbox for habituating happiness, I wrote a kind of little </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">kids’ edition </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">of my book </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Abundance Triggers</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">which teaches children these same skills called </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Welcome to the World! </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bye, Bye Mr. Malicious! </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">brings these techniques together </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">and applies them </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">to help women get their happiness and power back after dealing with a malignant narcissist type man</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">…</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">even if this relationship (or relationships) happen</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">ed</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> in the distant past</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">It’s not only about getting out of the bad relationship, but also about getting the bad relationship out of you. The goal of </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">a Mr</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. Malicious type person is to destroy your confidence, your peace, and your sense of stability. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">In other words, to trigger your own worst fears about your</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">self and life.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> In so doing, he invokes and activates your own Inner Bully</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">part that tells you you’re not worthy of love. So getting your happy back involves </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">ending relationships like this, of course. But it also includes building self-love, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">trust in yourself</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, and the confidence to set and enforce boundaries, as well as </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">giving yourself permission to do the things you love to do.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">It can be tough to do this work, but the rewards are well worth it, and it can be made much more enjoyable to move through the process </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">when y</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">ou take frequent breaks for fun and relaxation. For women who are still </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">involved </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">a controlling </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">man</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">who </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">want to get out of the relationship</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, or </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">women </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">who </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">experienced e</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">arly life</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> abuse</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, I suggest using the book as a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">complementary </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">resource</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> while they w</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">ork with a woman counselor</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">, especially one who is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">trained to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">support women </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">in healing </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">these issues. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Maggie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">: It’s certainly a timely book, with the upsurge of public awareness of what women have faced </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">in terms of harassment and control, the #</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">metoo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and #</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">imesup</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> movement</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">s,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> and the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">women’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">marches.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> Yes, for sure! And I think it’s time to connect the dots between misogynistic men who abuse power in the workplace, in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">societal structures, in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">organizations, and in the home. The funny thing is</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> I began research on this topic eight years ago. I had no idea where we’d be as a culture</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> when the book came out</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. I only knew it was time </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">find </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">balance and wholeness for both men and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">women</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Time for women</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> to claim their backbone and men to claim their empathy.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">This is what it’s going to take to build healthier and more harmonious partnerships between men and women, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">to build more nurturing families, and to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">raise boys and girls to cooperate and support each others’ full potential.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> Clearly, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">it</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">time</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">. A</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">nd it feels like a privilege to be here at this societal turning point when so many women and men of goodwill are working together to make this happen. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">: Thank you, Maggie.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> It was a pleasure.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjcyeXPXNv_7B9F-0G72niw2ZcWfVDECSJv5czxpueftD5f-AWnL8uV-1RFFgfwq4scuCRyJogpyjgJYyqGsDYcJt32O7i-WmOtMXEkqLzX4lcFJOP3wnuranDK5uaH5ULcVvAU8K9Mc/s1600/kanta+with+books+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1057" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjcyeXPXNv_7B9F-0G72niw2ZcWfVDECSJv5czxpueftD5f-AWnL8uV-1RFFgfwq4scuCRyJogpyjgJYyqGsDYcJt32O7i-WmOtMXEkqLzX4lcFJOP3wnuranDK5uaH5ULcVvAU8K9Mc/s320/kanta+with+books+cropped.jpg" width="233" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW154953194" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SCXW154953194"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="SCXW154953194" /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">About the Author</span></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">:</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Kanta</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;">Bosniak</span></span></span></b><span class="TextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "garamond" , "garamond_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW154953194" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>is an author, artist, and interfaith minister with over 45 years’ experience as an educator in Spiritual Growth and Guided Meditation. She is the author/illustrator of numerous books and coloring books, and the author/narrator of several guided imagery downloads. Collectors of her art include a Nobel Prize Winner, a popular television actress, several authors, a U.S. National champion athlete and people of all walks of life. She is a frequent speaker on radio, at churches, universities, holistic education centers, and conferences throughout the US. 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<a class="Hyperlink SCXW154953194" href="http://kantabosniak.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW154953194" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , "calibri_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"></span></a>Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-5663140524517699132017-11-04T19:54:00.000-04:002017-11-04T19:54:13.190-04:00Newest Adventure: Frugal Minimalism <h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Sometimes life throws you curveballs... you think "Ok you can breath now things are falling into place"... then in an instant they fall apart. At the beginning of the year my husband and I made a big move from the middle of nowhere Southern Ohio to a more Northern town on the outskirts of two major cities. A new job for him and a new life for our family. About the time we finally got settled and called this place home, something happened. He had to change jobs and a 45 minute commute suddenly became a hour and 30 minute commute one way with the joy of a significant cut in pay. What was comfortable and easy for a few fleeting months was quickly replaced with; to be honest sheer terror of making ends meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am still in the beginning phases of trying to sort this all out and adjust. We still have each-other and that's the most important. In an effort to make the best of a "shitty situation" I have discovered Minimalism a sister concept to frugality. We all understand the concept of being frugal and stretching our pennies but most are not familiar with minimalism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <i> </i></span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> of <a href="https://www.theminimalists.com/minimalism/" target="_blank">The Minimalists</a> describe it as " </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Minimalism is a tool that can assist you in finding freedom. Freedom from fear. Freedom from worry. Freedom from overwhelm. Freedom from guilt. Freedom from depression. Freedom from the trappings of the consumer culture we’ve built our lives around. Real freedom.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>That doesn’t mean there’s anything inherently wrong with owning material possessions. Today’s problem seems to be the meaning we assign to our stuff: we tend to give too much meaning to our things, often forsaking our health, our relationships, our passions, our personal growth, and our desire to contribute beyond ourselves.</i> " </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We as a society tend to be consumer minded about everything and are taught from childhood that "stuff & things" will make us happy. Especially those of us who are in our early 30's stuck on the cusp between Gen X and Millennials. We were the first to have computers in our elementary classrooms (though clunky and equipped with those huge paper covered floppy disks lol) . We sat in front of TV's for longer than other generations and many of us were "latch key kids", the TV and colorful commercials kept us from being lonely. We were told we were on the edge of technology and that so much awaited us.. but received crushing debt from school loans and credit cards... the banks offering easy loans then raising interest rates, with the housing market becoming unsteady. I watched so many friends lose homes, jobs, and end up back at home time and time again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> And what does the world continue to scream down on us while we are in worse shape than our parents at our age? BUY BUY BUY more more more! Stuff makes you Happy! Stuff makes your kids Happy! Spend away your pain and depression! Who cares if you spiral down after seeing the debt of your "spend away your pain" spree! I see so many memes urging you to YOLO (you only live once) or to Buy that thing you want and treat yo self" Yeah Treat yo self lol... treat yourself to not being able to pay your rent or other responsibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Minimalism rejects this, encourages you to live below your means (reasonably of course) so that you can save for your future or big purchase, so you can live uncluttered, so you can enjoy your space and learn to value and appreciate the possessions that you have. Quality over quantity. And this idea FASCINATES me! I've always been as my husband would say cheap lol (I prefer low maintenance). So on several levels this idea seems an ingenious way to combat the consumerism </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Only problem is... for all my "cheapskate" ways .. I admittedly have hoarder tendencies. I am a clutterbug and hang on to everything thinking I may one day need it. And my frugal thinking mind says if I have it; I won't need to buy it.. which seems rational to a point. Till you find boxes, and drawer, and closets full of "stuff" that you "may someday use" however someday may never come. Thus my journey of freedom is beginning. Learning a New Balance between spending, saving, making ends miraculously meet, and yet letting go of all that "stuff" the world tells us we need, but we really just for a fleeting moment want. </span></div>
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Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-40785036317426587452017-09-16T11:04:00.000-04:002017-09-16T11:04:25.308-04:00Independent Education Plan (a wake up call)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="font-size: small;">It's funny you think you as a parent know your child the very best... But sometimes it takes a new situation to show you how wrong you were. My son A is five and I scheduled him for Kindergarten testing back in May. I have worked with him the last 2 years especially with preschool readiness workbooks and apps. I did know that he struggled with these some; however not having any other experience to base this off just assumed it was typical for a young child. On the day of the testing I was devastated to learn that A had not only a speech issue (we had thought that might be the case) but also that he was very delayed in several areas. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So began a very scary journey for us. Several meetings with school professionals and teachers ensued and evaluations were made to asses the needs my son had. I went through a whirl wind of emotion from horror to relief, knowing that everyone in his little world would be doing what they could to support A. Accompanied to these feelings was the stereotype I had erroneously associated with an IEP (Independent Education Plan). I ignorantly believed it meant that A would not be challenged and get lost labeled learning disabled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Luckily A's support team not only supported him but also me and helped me understand that this plan would not hold him back but instead, fill the educational gaps he might experience. along with this IEP they also decided the best educational fit for him would be preschool instead of Kindergarten giving him an extra year to learn, grow, and overcome. A decision that my husband and I were are very pleased with. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Fast forward two weeks into the school year and I am pleased to say A is doing amazing! Adapting so well to the change in environment. He is excited every single day to go to school and is sorely disappointed that he has to take weekends off. A has blossomed so much these few short weeks and I could not be happier. Sure I was petrified in the beginning but now I am so very thankful for that IEP. </span></span></div>
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Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-7219322369483111662016-08-31T23:02:00.000-04:002016-08-31T23:02:46.885-04:00Formula X System Xcel Gel Like Nail Polish Review I received the formula X System Xcel gel like polish system, with T.G.I.F. Color. I was sent this via Sephora and @influenster for free to review. But this is my honest review and the opinions are my own . I was extremely skeptical when I got this kit because I have tried many other gel type kits. However I was extremely surprised to find out how much I enjoyed using this set . Everything dried fast as I layered it. And it has remarkable staying power. Normally my nail polish starts wearing off within 24 hours even if I have it done professionally. And this has been on my nails for five days and still looks perfect and fresh. The only drawback or suggestion I would say is that the cleaner brush is kind of wonky and splits but other than that everything was perfect. <br />
<br />Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535089210881379029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122475530027015706.post-6962898108483558072014-11-18T00:00:00.000-05:002014-11-18T11:43:12.957-05:00Welcome To The World by: Kanta Bosniak Book Tour!<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>A review from my heart to yours: </b></i> </span> <br />
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Just as Kanta Bosniak’s other books this one <b>Welcome to the
World!</b> is brimming with LOVE! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Welcome to
the World takes on the premise of an adult reassuring and nurturing a child
into this big wide world, while focusing on sights, sounds, feelings and positive
energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only is this a perfect gift
for a child being read to but also the reader… a wonderful reminder of all the
simple things we adults take for granted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This book comes at a very special time for me as I am currently 36 weeks
pregnant with a twinless twin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
daughter lost her identical twin at 9 weeks gestation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book and
its whimsical illustrations have really helped me with my healing process, and
to focus on all the things I want to teach my daughter who is already a brave
fighter, having survived Twin to twin transfusion Syndrome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One particular quote included in the book
that sang to my heart is;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“If I had a
flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever”
– Alfred Tennyson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I lost my
daughter’s twin early on I will never ever forget her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another passage in the book that spoke to me
is directly from Kanta and has become my mantra “You can make yourself a toybox
of happy buttons, using your eyes, ears, touch, feelings, memories,
imagination, inside and outside words and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can use your happy buttons when you feel
bad and want to feel happy again.”- Kanta Bosniak<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazing how as
adults we forget to nurture ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
do not think to make those happy buttons, but what if we did just that.. Let
our inner child relish the happiness, and pull the buttons out when we need
them most? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How wonderful life could be! </div>
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Speaking of Happy Buttons, one for me is the <b>Welcome To The
World Coloring Book!</b> It is the perfect accompaniment to the <b>Welcome to the
World Book!</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each page is filled to the
brim with cute illustrations to color and infused with Kanta’s love and
positivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book is great for
children to color as well as to urge out adult’s inner child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bravo Kanta Bosniak bravo!</div>
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<b>Welcome to the World!</b><br />
by inspirational author Kanta Bosniak works as a baby blessing for the child and for the child in us all. Directly addressing the child, it serves as a kind of loving welcome as well as a kind of spiritual owner's manual for exploring the adventure of life. The book gently anchors self-worth, confidence, kindness, and compassion. Parents can read it to the baby still in utero, to the newborn, as well as to the toddler. Toddlers and young children can enjoy the complementary <b>Welcome To The World! Coloring Book</b>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #990000;"><b>"This book is disguised as a basic spiritual coloring book, yet as with her other books they provide gentle triggers of love and happiness."</b></span></i> - Beck Valley Books<br />
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Kanta Bosniak is an author, artist, coach and interfaith minister with over 40 years’ experience as an educator in Spiritual Growth and Guided Meditation. She illustrates her publications with playful drawings and vibrant, color-rich cover art, so that readers and listeners can enjoy owning her work. Collectors of her art include a Nobel Prize Winner, an Emmy-winning producer, a popular television actress, several authors, a U.S. National champion athlete and people of all walks of life. She is a frequent speaker at churches, universities, holistic education centers, and conferences throughout the US. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Women. For more information, visit <a href="http://kantabosniak.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">KantaBosniak.com</span></b></a><span style="color: #990000;">.</span>.<br />
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Alexandra Bogdanovic was born in Bronxville, N.Y. and grew up in Greenwich, Conn. She knew she wanted to be a reporter at age 12, and received her first byline in the Greenwich Time when she was a high school freshman. By the time she graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1987, she'd been covering high school sports for a daily newspaper for four years.<br />
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The Ozeri Rev Digital Bathroom Scale with Electro-Mechanical Weight Dial is the world's first weight scale to incorporate a synchronized electro-mechanical Dial and LCD that automatically illuminate and point to your weight in lbs and kg, for easy-to read results in all light conditions and from any angle. Boasting a visually arresting design, the Ozeri Rev scale features a huge 5.5 inch mechanical dial display with an integrated digital blue-backlit LCD, accented by stylish chrome to create a distinctive retro look, yet with the accuracy of modern technology. This professional quality scale features an oversized platform made of impact-resistant tempered glass with slip-resistant feet for ideal stability, and a new built-in alarm that reminds you to measure your weight at the same time each day. The Ozeri Rev Digital Bathroom Scale uses 4 high precision GX sensors that weigh up to 400 lbs (180 kg) in 0.2 lbs or 0.1 kg increments. Whether your goals are weight loss or muscle gain, the Ozeri Rev features the latest generation of StepOn technology to display your precise body weight upon stepping onto the scale, with no tapping required. The Ozeri Rev Digital Bathroom Scale is auto-calibrated and automatically turns off to conserve battery life. It runs on 3 AAA batteries (included) and features a Low Battery Indicator. Your Satisfaction is 100% Guaranteed.<br />
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“The Ferrymen. My not-so-magnificent obsession for more than a year. Only a cataclysm could have made me forget. I guess you could call them hitmen. You could also call Einstein a math whiz. Think ruthless. Think unstoppable. Think killers so proficient ‘caught the ferry’ was fast replacing ‘bought the farm’ in common usage, and you have the Ferrymen in a nutshell.”</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">I was first struck by the stunning cover, I am normally not that into covers but this one blew me away. The eye really set the tone for the story that was to come. Kathy DiSanto takes you into the world of Amanda or A.J. Gregson. A.J. has been injured in an explosion that causes her to become blind. But in this futuristic novel medical technology can fashion her a new set, a copy of her own eyes...well sort of........... Her new eyes have some surprises and sets her on a journey to uncover many truths. I really loved this book from the start it drew me in and I finished it in only two settings. Ms. DiSanto gave us a wonderful book that although futuristic, it manages to be completely believable. The characters were well rounded and developed nicely as was the storyline. I can not wait to read more from Ms. DiSanto!</span></span><br />
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Award-winning author Kathy DiSanto wrote her first novel in 1997. That year, she published two romances with Bantam’s Loveswept line. One of them, For Love or Money, won a 1997 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. </div>
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So the product I was sent to review was Pure MCT Oil. This smooth coconut oil which has MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides).<br />
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"MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) is a type of fat that can be rapidly and easily digested by the body. Digested easily means that MCT does not get stored as fat like other energy sources do. And unlike other fats, MCT does not require large amounts of enzymes and bile acids for the intestine to absorb it, which results in the body having increased energy." (website). <br />
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Honestly I was worried about taking a supplement that was an oil. How ever I was pleasantly surprised that the oil had zero smell or taste. I used the Pure MCT Oil to make my salad dressings! It was perfect!!! I also used it to sautee some yummy ginger tofu again with great results. So wow super easy to incorporate the product into your diet. I found that using Pure MCT Oil, I had more pep in my step and I actually lost a few pounds without any change in diet so mega bonus!<br />
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<div class="info-heading"> Product Description </div>Burn Fat And Increase Energy With Elite Gold's Ultimate MCT Oil found naturally in coconut oil and palm kernel oil, MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) is a type of fat that can be rapidly and easily digested by the body. Digested easily means that MCT does not get stored as fat like other energy sources do. And unlike other fats, MCT does not require large amounts of enzymes and bile acids for the intestine to absorb it, which results in the body having increased energy. By using MCT Oil in place of other oils and fats that are consumed, most users notice a healthier weight and better body composition as a result. Several university and professional studies back this research. However, no more than 4 ounces of MCT Oil should be consumed each day. Experts also suggest that if you are new to MCT Oil you should start slow, gradually adding up to the maximum 4 ounces over a period of several weeks. When the bottle says Elite Gold, you can be sure that the product you receive is the best available on the market: Made in the USA, Zero Binders, Fillers, or Additives, No Artificial Ingredients... Always. Elite Gold's MCT Oil can be used regularly in salad dressings, smoothies, soups and many other recipes. Order now and discover the benefits of this amazing fast-acting liquid energy source!<br />
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Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT's) are fats that are naturally found in coconut and palm kernel oil. MCT's are more easily and rapidly digested than other types of fats, as they require lower amounts of enzymes and bile acids for intestinal absorption. Elite Gold Solution's MCT oil is metabolized very quickly in the liver and is reported to encourage energy expenditure, and not fat storage. Numerous studies suggest that substituting MCT for other fats in a healthy diet may therefore help to support healthy weight and body composition.<br />
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100 Percent Pure MCT Oil (MCT Oil from Coconut/Palm Kernel Oil.)<br />
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As a dietary supplement, take 1 tablespoon (15 mL) 1 to 3 times daily. MCT Oil can also be used as a substitute for conventional oils in salad dressings, sauces or cooking as a source of beneficial fatty acids.<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #666666;">2013 brought us many great books to review for our Beck Valley Books Book Tours, so much so the reviewers have had a difficult choice to make this year for their Top 10 Favourite Reads. </span></b></i><i><b><span style="color: #666666;">Here are the awards xx</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #444444;">Too difficult to decide so we have joint winners !!</span></b></i></div>
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The true story of... A woman who laughs at funerals. A gypsy mother who refuses to wear a bra and a father who refuses to leave his first wife. A brother who sleeps under the coffee table and a sister who was kidnapped. A cheating minister, a missing uncle and a feisty, red-headed grandmother who was longing to leave it all.<br />
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Buffi always knew her family was unusual, but she was lucky enough to escape that gene. Or was she? Joined by her siblings at the bedside of their dying grandmother, Buffi begins on a journey of self discovery as they recall stories of their youth including juicy family secrets, inappropriate practical jokes, abuse and betrayal. She is on a quest to find Normal but finds herself instead.</div>
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It Must be Genetic is about an American family of no particular importance, descendants of the once wealthy and revered Perry clan, but stripped of their family wealth during the Great Depression. It’s full of quirky characters like grandmother Mopsie; a sexy divorced mother of two in the 1950’s who would turn the heads of her conservative neighbors when hosting the best poker parties in town, but who can now be found sleeping her days away in the bed of a nursing home. The story climaxes when Mopsie accidentally reveals a secret that sends her family frantically searching through old documents to find the son she gave up for adoption half a century ago.</div>
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It Must be Genetic is about acceptance, forgiveness and the great capacity to love. The story is written from the perspective of a third generation divorced mother, Buffi, who realizes that the very traits that make her family dysfunctional may be the same traits that make it so wonderful. At 64,000 words, it's paced for a quick-and-easy read.<br />
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Read the reviews from the book tour<a href="http://beckvalleybooks.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-tour-wonderfully-dysfunctional-it.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a><br />
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Imagine if you were in a tragic accident – unable to move or speak but otherwise cognizant of everything around you. Imagine hearing doctors deciding your fate without you having a voice in the outcome.<br />
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Alex is a 16-year-old girl who finds herself in that exact situation in Both Sides, a novel that begins when – while on a class field trip – Alex and another girl, Sandra, end up in a horrible accident.<br />
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If the doctors act quickly, they may be able to save one body…and one brain. Amid the confusion and uncertainty, we hear everything that’s going on in Alex’s mind – from her initial disbelief to her quips about the absurdity of it all to her realization that she may have to go through the rest of her life living in the body of a girl she couldn’t stand. If she survives.<br />
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Both Sides tackles these issues and more. Within its pages every reader will find her own answers and discover, in the end, a story of courage and a girl who never before existed.<br />
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Award-winning author Paul E. Stawski captures the minute-by-minute struggles of a 16-year-old girl whose world is suddenly turned upside down in Both Sides. Radical brain surgery is the only option. Time is running out and Alex’s mind is racing: will she still be the same person when she comes out on the other side?<br />
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When Barbara meets her future husband, Ray, it is love-and dog-at first sight. Over the course of thirty-two years, seventeen relocations and nine dogs, their mutual love of dogs guides them on their unconventional path. The love that Barbara and Ray get in return is literally lifesaving, with one dog attacking a lethal intruder and another discovering Barbara’s cancer. Her own survival story underscores the story of how her dogs become survivors themselves. </div>
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Each new dog adds its own dynamic to the family, sometimes upending it. From Turbo (whose Spock-like ears may have provided super powers), Barbara learns about the will to live; Lexington demonstrates incredible patience and an inexplicable love of golf; Madison teaches that laughter is truly the best medicine and that the whole “nine lives thing” is not reserved just for cats; Morgan should be sainted for tolerating Izzy, who is as cute as she is bad. Barbara is certain that somewhere in doggie heaven there is a poster that says “If you are sick, injured or in need of really expensive medical care, FIND THESE HUMANS!”<br />
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You met Rex Braden in Lovers at Heart, Book One of the The Bradens (Love in Bloom Series). Jade Johnson is about to turn his comfortable rancher's life upside down. Don't miss this powerful love story.<br />
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Rex Braden is wealthy, hard working, and fiercely loyal. Sweat at his brow, he works the family ranch by day, then kicks back at night with part time lovers who require nothing more than his physical presence a few times each week. But that was before. Before Jade Johnson, the daughter of the man his father has been feuding with for over forty years, moves back into town.<br />
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After ditching a horrific relationship—and her veterinary practice in the process—Jade Johnson returns to the safety of her small hometown and finally finds her footing. That is...until her horse is injured and Rex Braden comes to her rescue. The last thing she needs is a bull-headed, too-handsome-for-his-own-good Braden complicating her life.<br />
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Despite the angry family history, sparks fly between Rex and Jade, and attitudes follow. Fifteen years of stifled, forbidden love stirs a surge of passion too strong for either to deny—and the rebel in each of them rears its powerful head. Loyalties are tested, and relationships are strained. Rex and Jade are about to find out if true love really can conquer all.<br />
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Haddley, a quiet English village in the Midlands. Kelly Evans -- a sixteen year old girl -- is brutally murdered. Her body is discovered by a neighbour, and the police are called in to investigate. Kelly was young and beautiful, and her untimely death comes as a shock to all who knew her … or does it really?</div>
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Alison has called Forrest Town, Arkansas home for the past eighteen years. Her mother’s Blue Bonnet meetings, her father toiling night and day on the family farm, and the division of life between the whites and the blacks are all Alison knows. The winter of 1967, just a few months before marrying her high school sweetheart,<br />
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Chicago wife, mother and finance executive Claire Cummings, arrives at work one morning to discover her friend Julia has embezzled millions and vanished. Blindsided and devastated by the betrayal, she’s sent home pending further investigation. Claire’s bizarre death the following day sends everyone reeling, guessing and looking for her in all the wrong places. In no time she's<br />
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I tried the Noxicare Natural Pain Relief Cream and I loved it. I was worried that it would have an odd smell as most natural products do, but instead it was very light and pleasant. I used the cream on my neck as I have a lot of issues with morning neck pain. I found that if I used it consistently the product really helped a lot. And the great thing is it does not react with other therapies one may use like ibuprofen or aspirin. <br />
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1969-- Set on the shores of the Albemarle Sound, April Harrington has fond memories of summers at her family home, Bliss. After her fairytale wedding disintegrates, it becomes her refuge—the one place where she can attempt to pull the unraveling threads of her life back together. Unbeknownst to April, the stately house has been neglected in recent years. The once-sturdy roof is leaking in a few dozen places, and the wharf is rotting. Nothing is the same as she remembers. Nothing except for Hale, a Viet Nam pilot who is haunted by a dreadful secret, and who is also her brother’s best friend, a brother killed in the conflict that is tearing the country apart.<br />
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It took April's world crumbling to make her realize just how very out of touch she really was. Abandoned morals, loss of her brother, left her fiancee at the alter... all that is raw in her face personified by her family's once pristine Summer home that has fell into dilapidation. What exactly is she really looking for...will she be rescued?<br /> I have to honestly say Kathleen Shoop managed to stuff an
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Immortal Energy was designed for those that are needing that extra push for energy and clarity during their day, without having the side effects of the energy drinks and energy pills currently on the market. It is best taken when you are starting to become fatigued or mentally drained and need that extra boost to push thru your day.<br />
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<b>Deer antler</b> is widely used in Asia, and now throughout the world, to strengthen adrenal, reproductive and brain functions. It is mainly used as a rejuvenating agent. Short term use is believed to quickly build strength and power, while consistent long-term use is believed to re-build deep life force, preserve youthfulness and to enhance longevity.<br />
Numerous studies done in China, Japan and Korea have shown that the pantocrine in deer antler increases work capacity, decreases muscular and mental fatigue, and improves sleep and appetite. Deer antler has been shown to increase the oxygen intake of the brain, liver and kidneys in laboratory animals. It also significantly increases red and white blood cell production in laboratory animals, with the effects improving as dosage is increased.<br />
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<b>Help promote sounder, more refreshing sleep</b><br />
<b>Improve eyesight, including night vision</b><br />
<b>Help reduce cholesterol and triglycerides</b><br />
IGF-1 is also an important supplement for people interested in reducing the signs of aging and for those people interested in living the longest, healthiest, and most active life possible.<br />
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<b>ASTRAGALUS</b><b> (HUANG QI)</b><br />
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For centuries people have used astragalus root to enhance strength and regulate metabolism. The herb has only recently gained popularity among herbalists and practitioners of alternative medicine in the West. Chinese medicine uses astragalus root to enhance the body’s energy, known as “qi”. Astragalus root is a mild diuretic, and it can help to reduce perspiration as well. In traditional Chinese Medicine, all of these uses are attributed to the ability of astragalus root to replenish “qi”, so a person who is ill can regain strength and immunity. Astragalus root is also been shown to protect the adrenal cortex, the gland that produces hormones related to stress. It may also help allergy sufferers by strengthening the immune system’s response to allergens in the environment.<br />
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<b>GINSENG</b><b> (REN SHEN)</b><br />
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Ginseng is used for improving thinking, concentration, memory, work efficiency, physical stamina, and athletic endurance which have a significant impact on our energy levels.<br />
GOJI (GOU QI ZI)<br />
The nutritional and medicinal benefits of goji berries are legendary. Goji berries are very high in antioxidants and have great anti-inflammatory properties.<br />
In Traditional Chinese Medicine goji is used as a blood and immune system tonic. It supports vision, is a mood elevator, and is known as “the happy fruit.” One of the most famous herbs in Asia to promote beautiful skin. It can improve memory, and increase libido.<br />
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<b>SCHIZANDRA</b><b> (WU WEI ZI)</b><br />
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Schizandra is known as the five-flavor fruit; it has each of the five flavors (sweet, spicy, sour, salty, and acidic). It’s one of the most famous herbs used in Chinese medicine. This herb is considered to be one of the premium mind tonics of herbalism. It is used to sharpen concentration, improve memory, and increase alertness. Yet, unlike caffeine-like stimulants, schizandra does not produce nervousness when increasing energy. In fact, some people consider schizandra mildly “calming” while producing wakefulness and improved focus.<br />
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